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The Homeowner’s Handbook for Coastal Hazards provides practical, easy-to-understand guidance to help Texas homeowners prepare for storms, reduce risk, and recover more quickly after coastal events.
Water damage can make it difficult to decide which items to keep and which to remove from your home. Floodwater can be contaminated with bacteria/viruses, chemicals, sewage, and asbestos. This public…
Power Outages are a major source of concern for people and can impact their health and safety. Strategies for preparing an emergency supply kit, completing household chores in advance that enhance sa…
Smoke and ash from wildfires can make air unhealthy to breathe. When ash accumulates in the garden, it’s natural to wonder: Is the produce safe to eat? The safety risk depends on the materials that b…
Foods rich in specific nutrients can help protect your lungs and heart from harm caused by air pollution and wildfire smoke. Including a variety of healthy foods in your diet that are rich in vitamin…
The consequences of climate change are substantial and escalating due to the increased frequency and severity of weather events, rising sea levels, and higher temperatures (U.S. Department of the Tre…
Resources for families as they prepare for flooding and recovery from flooding
Multiple resources to help individuals prepare for a disaster, including creating a family plan, developing a household inventory, organizing a grab-and-go file, reviewing insurance, starting an emer…
Cleaning up from a flood can seem like a daunting task. It’s important to prepare and plan for how you will deal with the damage. Use these guidelines to get your home back to livable standards as so…
The Disaster Financial Preparedness: Start planning today! resource provides simple strategies individuals and families can use to get their finances in order in case an disaster occurs.
This document is EDIS document DH219, formerly IFAS publication DH0509. Published June 1998, revised January 2016. It is part of The Disaster Handbook, a component of the Comprehensive Disaster Prepa…
This resource guides individuals and families needing information on how to recover from economic losses after a natural disaster. How to regain a sense of control and avoid making poor decisions; ho…
A fact sheet for safely removing mold on a variety of surfaces in the home and on household textiles and cleaning up mold after flooding.
Guide to help people prepare for emergencies and provide information to help them during and after the emergency.
Be aware. Be prepared. The last Cascadia Subduction Zone event Magnitude 8.0 to 9.1 was on January 26, 1700 (more than 320 years ago), and they happen about every 280 to 350 years. It is time to get …
This fact sheet highlights key guidelines to help you safely and effectively clean and restore your storm-damaged home. See also the LSU AgCenter “Storm Recovery Guide”.
With the High Speed Hand Washing technique and some practice, washing your hands properly helps save time, water, energy and prevent the spread of disease. Absences due to illness are reduced. Groups…
Educational Article: Officials warn us to stay indoors when air quality is poor due to heavy smoke from wildfires. Reduced exposure to smoke helps protect our lungs, heart, eyes, nose, throat and imm…
Topics addressed by units in the curriculum include: Navigating Your Way to a New Home; Staying on Course with Financial Management; Sailing Through the Mortgage Process and Keeping a Safe Harbor. Ta…
The Engagement Guidelines/Faith Based Community Fact Sheets Series of fact sheets covering individual faith communities that have been developed to help Extension and disaster professionals engage fa…
23 frequently asked questions with answers – unbiased information – based on building science principles and practices, to help home owners, contractors and workers make informed decisions. From maki…
HUD’s Rebuild Healthy Homes: Guide to Post-disaster Restoration for a Safe and Healthy Home is a very detailed and comprehensive how-to guide for homeowners and volunteers that is available as a free…
These 7 videos can be used by themselves and in conjunction with your other disaster recovery efforts. Based on the content of the award winning resource, Recovery After Disaster: The Family Financia…
This document is EDIS document DH199, formerly IFAS publication DH0431. Published June 1998, revised January 2016, October 2019, and November 2023. It is part of The Disaster Handbook, a component of…
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